The Right to Die : VIDEO, Do dying patients have the right to die, or is it the obligation of society and the medical profession to keep patients legally alive as long as possible regardless of the pain, indignity, and emotional and financial cost, despite the wishes of patient and family, when the patient has no chance whatsoever of recovery? In this specially adapted Phil Donahue program, the medical, ethical, and legal dilemmas of such cases are discussed by former Governor Richard Lamm of Colorado, a physician attorney, a nurse who unhooked a patient’s tubes and stands charged with practicing medicine without a license (a charge reduced from murder), and a wife who wants doctors to honor her husband’s wish to die rather than be tortured by life-support machines.

The Right to Die

Do dying patients have the right to die, or is it the obligation of society and the medical profession to keep patients legally alive as long as possible regardless of the pain, indignity, and emotional and financial cost, despite the wishes of patient and family, when the patient has no chance whatsoever of recovery? In this specially adapted Phil Donahue program, the medical, ethical, and legal dilemmas of such cases are discussed by former Governor Richard Lamm of Colorado, a physician attorney, a nurse who unhooked a patient’s tubes and stands charged with practicing medicine without a license (a charge reduced from murder), and a wife who wants doctors to honor her husband’s wish to die rather than be tortured by life-support machines. (28 minutes)

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